Recommendations for lipid modification in patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack: A clinical guide by the Hellenic Stroke Organization and the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society

Dimitrios Sagris; George Ntaios; Georgios Georgiopoulos; Nikolaos Kakaletsis; Moses Elisaf; Niki Katsiki; Eleni Korompoki; Kyriakos E Kypreos; Chrysoula Boutari; Helen Bilianou; Konstantinos Makaritsis; Tzortzis Nomikos; Vasileios Papavasileiou; Christos Pitsavos; Androniki Plomaritoglou; Konstantinos Spengos; Konstantinos Tziomalos; Alexandros Tselepis; Konstantinos Vemmos; Evangelos Liberopoulos; Haralampos Milionis

doi:10.1177/1747493020971970

Recommendations for lipid modification in patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack: A clinical guide by the Hellenic Stroke Organization and the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society

Int J Stroke. 2021 Aug;16(6):738-750. doi: 10.1177/1747493020971970. Epub 2020 Nov 17.

Authors

Dimitrios Sagris¹, George Ntaios¹, Georgios Georgiopoulos^{2

3}, Nikolaos Kakaletsis⁴, Moses Elisaf⁵, Niki Katsiki⁶, Eleni Korompoki³, Kyriakos E Kypreos⁷, Chrysoula Boutari⁸, Helen Bilianou⁹, Konstantinos Makaritsis¹, Tzortzis Nomikos¹⁰, Vasileios Papavasileiou^{11

12}, Christos Pitsavos¹³, Androniki Plomaritoglou¹⁴, Konstantinos Spengos¹⁴, Konstantinos Tziomalos⁴, Alexandros Tselepis¹⁵, Konstantinos Vemmos¹⁶, Evangelos Liberopoulos⁵, Haralampos Milionis⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
² School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College, London, UK.
³ Department of Clinical Therapeutics, "Alexandra" Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁴ First Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, 37796University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
⁶ First Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetes Center, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁷ Pharmacology Laboratory, Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
⁸ Second Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁹ Lipid Clinic, Cardiology Department, Tzaneio Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
¹⁰ Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences and Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece.
¹¹ Stroke Service, Department of Neurosciences, 4472Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
¹² School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
¹³ First Cardiology Department, Hippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
¹⁴ Department of Neurology, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece.
¹⁵ Atherothrombosis Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, 37796University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
¹⁶ Hellenic Cardiovascular Research Society, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 33202196
DOI: 10.1177/1747493020971970

Abstract

This document presents the consensus recommendations of the Hellenic Stroke Organization and the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society for lipid modification in patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack. This clinical guide summarizes the current literature on lipid management and can be of assistance to the physicians treating stroke patients in clinical practice.

Keywords: Hellenic Stroke Organization and the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society; Recommendations; ischemic stroke; lipid modification; low-density lipoproteins.

MeSH terms

Atherosclerosis* / complications
Brain Ischemia* / complications
Brain Ischemia* / therapy
Humans
Ischemic Attack, Transient* / complications
Ischemic Attack, Transient* / therapy
Ischemic Stroke*
Stroke* / therapy